Is there a word for the 150th anniversary of something?
October 7, 2010 2:36 PM   Subscribe

There is centennial and there is bicentennial; is there a word to desdribe the 150th anniversary of something? Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl to Writing & Language (9 answers total)
 
Best answer: Sesquicentennial.
posted by shornco at 2:37 PM on October 7, 2010 [1 favorite]


Best answer: sesquicentennial.
posted by muddgirl at 2:37 PM on October 7, 2010


Best answer: Sesquicentennial
posted by Paragon at 2:38 PM on October 7, 2010


Best answer: You obviously didn't live in Texas in 1986.
posted by mudpuppie at 2:42 PM on October 7, 2010 [7 favorites]


I only know this word because of True Stories.
posted by piratebowling at 3:07 PM on October 7, 2010


FYI, I see it on California license plates all the time.

http://www.scottk.com/fsCA-Und-Pa-4AJM617.jpg
posted by GaelFC at 3:37 PM on October 7, 2010


I vaguely recall from the 1980's seeing a document from Toronto City Hall about Sesqui The Squirrel, the official mascot of Toronto's Sesquicentennial.
posted by ovvl at 9:18 PM on October 7, 2010


(and then shaking my head).
posted by ovvl at 9:19 PM on October 7, 2010


Or Iowa in 1996. MAN was it ever a big deal!
posted by epj at 10:42 AM on October 8, 2010


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